Jo-Anne Knowles is an English actress. Having started acting at the age of 11, she has appeared in all of the major soaps, including ITV's [[Emmerdale and Coronation St and BBC One's EastEnders and Doctors. She is best known for playing Janis Steel in Sky1's Mile High. And Fanny Tickler in channel 4 s Phoenix Nights . She has played recurring role s in The Bill, and Waterloo Rd, has had many Guest roles in Holby and Caualty and was in Two episodes of Moving On the BBC mini series .She has also played Mina Van Helsing in the popular CBBC series Young Dracula. Married, she lives in London . She gave birth to a daughter in 2010. 

August 7th, 1969 in (Age 55)